Packing-box



(No Model.)

J. W. NBUMANN. PACKING BOX.

1\To.'595,'726. Patented Deo.'21,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. NEUMANN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,726, dated December21, 1897.

Application filed July 16, 1897. Serial No. 644,817. (No model.)

.T0 @ZZ whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. N EUMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented a neW and useful Packing Box or Crate, of whichthe following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, lightness; second, strength;third, cheapness of manufacture; fourth, ease and quickness in closingand opening, and, fifth, security. I attain these objects by the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is avertical section of the box closed with one edge left unfolded; Fig. 2,a projection of a portion of the metal forming the sides, and Fig. 3 theedge of the metal siding.

Similar Iigures refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

1 is the cover of the box, 2 is the bottom, and 3 v3 the sides.

The top l and bottom 2 are iiat boards of wood or other soft material,and the sides 3 of sheet metal. The sheet-metal siding is corrugated, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. At the corners 4 the corrugated siding isnotched at such an angle as to form a close joint When folded over onthe cover and bottom. At 6 a crease is formed across the corrugationsthe entire length of the sidi'n g to facilitate folding over and todetermine the position of the edges of the box. The ends of the sidingmay be joined by riveting or soldering, but preferably by folding. Thecorrugations in the sheet-,metal siding serve, to stiffen it and to forma serrated edge which, Ywhen pressed into the end pieces, bites in, asshown at 7,

and prevents the portion 6 to 7 from unfolding. Nailing is thus renderedunnecessary and closing the box much facilitated.

To open the box, a suitable cutter is inserted at one of the corners 4,and the edge 6 cut around so as to remove the portions 6 to 7, when thecover will easily slip out, leaving a clean opening. This feature alsorenders the box non-refillable.

The entire box may be made of corrugated sheet metal with a groovepressed into the end pieces at 7 to receive the edge of the siding.

What I claim as my invention is- In a tobacco-box, the combination ofsides 3, made of sheet metal or other material corrugated vertically,top and bottom pieces 1 'and 2, the sheet siding creased at 6, 6 to eachedge to form a locking device to lock thetop and bottom pieces l and 2in place by pressing the serrations formed by the corrugated edges intothe surface of said top and bottom pieces, all substantially as and forthe purpose specied.

JOHN W. NEUMANN. Witnesses:

T. E. DENNIS, ANTON KUTZLEB.

